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5 Sheets-Sheet 5 I Edward J. Von Pein I Patented Oct.'11,1927. UNITED STATES PAQTENT QZFFICE.

EDWARD J. 'VON'PEIN, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND.

1 CASH REGISTER.

Application filed m 26, 1924. Serial no. 728,448.

This invention relates to improvements in Fig. 6 is a detail view of part of the lock 55 cash registers, and more particularl to the mechanism for permitting amounts to be set type of registers shown and describe in Letin thesubtracting totalizer. ters Patent to'E. J. Von Pein, No. 1,371,653, Fig. 7 is an enlarged cross sectional view issued March 15, 1921. I taken through the adding and the subtract An object of the present machine is to ing totalizers, and shows the mechanism for to print and issue tickets t9 be placed on packlocking the subtracting totalizer when it has cr i li u of postage stamps. an amount below ten cents therein.

Another object is to provide a meansfor Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail view of the locking the machine against operation when units wheels of the adding and the subtractthe amount in one of the totalizers is below ing totalizers. as ten cents. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail viewof the Another object is to provide ticket-issuing printing cylinder. and showsa part of the mechanism which is detachable from the regmechanism. for setting the type wheel. ister, to permit it to be taken to the postal F 1g. 10 is an enlarged plan View of the authorities, who may then enter amounts dding and the subtracting totalizers. 70

into a totalizer which is of the subtracting Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken through type r i the printing cylinder, and shflfavs the method Another object is to provide am adding of mounting the type wheel. v totalizer which is operated simultaneously F1g. 12 is a view showing the type of with the subtracting totalizer, and provides tlcket issued by' the machine. we a he k th r f r, Fig. 13 1s a detail View of the right hand Another object is to provide an interlock end of the printing cylinder. I to make it necessary to issue a ticket on every In general the register is constructed and depression of a register key. operated .in a manner similar to the Von Another object of the invention is to pro- Pein machine above. mentioned. However, vide a printing cylinder with the type wheel there 1s only one bank of keys in the present mounted therein with its axis at, right angles mach ne. The depression of one of the keys to the axis of the printing cylinder,'to pro- 1n th1s bank will unlock the ticket-issui'n 30 vide a larger printing surface than is usual .mechamsmto permit a ticket to be issue in type wheels carried in printing cylinders, It 18 held in a depressed posltion untll the 86 With these and incidental objects in view, t1cket has been issued. I I the invention consists of certain novel 'fea- The amount keys cannot be operated untures of construction and combinations of less there has been an amount set up on the parts, the essential elements of which are set subtractmg totalizer. Therefore, before the forth in appended claims and a preferred machine can function 1t is necessary to de- 90 form of embodiment of which is hereinafter tach the ticket-lssuing mechanism from the described with reference to the drawings register and have the postal authorities set which accompany and form part of this up an amount on this totalizer. All of the specification. ticket-issuing mechanism is enclosed in a Of said drawings: separate casing. The totalizeris under lock r Fig. 1 is a. plan view of the register, shown and key and the operator has no access to it. with the ticket-issuing mechanism detached. The machine is adapted to issue tickets Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on line 22 of various denominations, that is, in amounts. 45 of Fig. 1. from one to nine cents. In previous, ma- Fig.v 3 is a detail view showing the interchines of this type it was necessary to have locking mecha ism for making it necessary all of the aniounts and the size of packages to issue a ticket upon every depression of a or envelopes the same. The advantage of "register key. the present inventionis that tickets for vari- P9 Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of the ous amounts can be printed and placed on ticket-issuing mechanism shown attached to packages of various sizes. the register.

. The Von Pem patent refered to shows in- Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of the dicating mechanism and a. totalizer. ll hes'e' ticket-issuing mechanism. mechanisms have not been shown in the present application because they form no part of the invention, and it is therefore thought unnecessary to disclose or describe them herein. However, they can be used in connection with the present invention if desired.

Described in detail, the machine has one a bank. of amount keys 30 (Figs. 1 and 2) pivoted on a.shaft carried in the side frames 31 and 32 of the register. The keys have at their rear ends the usual uprights 33, having recesses or notches cut therein adapted to engage a registering frame 34. The notches or recesses in the uprights 33 are of the usual construction and cause the registering frame to be moved various distances according to the value of the -key to which .the uprights are attached. The registering frame is secured to a shaft 35, to which is also secured an arm 36-(Figs. 1, 2 and 4) having on its outer end a cam 37 engaglng an anti-friction roller 38 secured to a slidableshaft 39. An arm/1O is secured to the slidable shaft 39 and to a second slidable shaft 41; The shafts 39 and 41 are adapted key in the depressed position until a ticket has been issued. This means is best shown in Fig. 3 and comprises a cam 50 secured to the shaft 46 and an arm 51, pivoted on a stud 52, secured to a frame 53 (Fig. 4) of the ticket-issuing mechanism. The arm 51 carries a roller 54 adapted to engage the race in the cam 50. When the registering key 30 "is depressed, the shaft 46 and the cam 50 are rotated in a counter-clockwise direction until a portion 55 of the cam race engages the roller 54. This prevents further rotation of the shaft. The registering key operated is held in its depressed position until the'arm 51 is rocked clockwise by a cam 56, which is given a full rotation upon every operation of the ticket-issuing mechamsm, as will be later described.

Ticket-issuing mechanism. After the depression of one of the amount keys, the ticket is issued by means of an op- The shaft has secured thereto the before-mentioned cam 56 (Fig. 3). It will be remembered that depression of one of the registering keys will rotate the cam 50 in a counter-clockwise direction and thereby rock the arm 51 counter-clockwise. This counter-clockwise movement of the arm 51 will disengage a roller 77 from a portion 78 in the race of the cam 56 and thereby rotation of the shaft 75. The race in t e cam 56 is so shaped that the arm 51 is rocked clockwise (Fig. 3) during the printing and issuing of the ticket, which disengages the roller 54 from the edge 55 in the cam 50 and permits the shaft 46 to complete its movement and thereb permit the registering keys 30 to return ome.

A supply roll 82 (Fig. 5) is mounted on a stud iii the side frame 31 of the register. The paper is fed through a guide 83 carried by twostuds mounted in the frame 53 of the ticket-issuing mechanism, thence between the impression roller and the feed rails on the printing cylinder. A knife 84 (Figs. 4 and 5) is provided to permit the operator to sever the ticket after it has'been issued from the machine.

The inking of the type wheel and of the electros is accomplished by an ink roller (Fig. 5) journaled in the frames 53 and 71. It is spring-pressed against the printing cylinder by two plungers 81 to insure a perfect contact. The feed roller 74 is made of resilient material, and the impression is made as the paper is fed between the feed roller and the printing cylinder in the usual and well known manner.

Type wheel setting me'cfiamsm.

the rack and at the same time permits the rack to rotate with the printing cylinder.

ermit' The rack 61 engages a pinion 63 secured to the side of a printing wheel 64. On the opposite side of the printing wheel, and secured thereto, is a hub-65 (Fig. 11) which is journaled in a bearin in the printing cylinder. The printing cy inder is made up of two pieces secured together byfour screws 66.

Two electros 67 are secured to the outside surface of the cylinder. They are made in two parts, due to the ticket being partially printed during the operation previous to the one during which the ticket 15 issued. The reason for this will be apparent when the issuing mechanism is considered.

Sub tractin-g totalizer.

The means for operating the subtracting totalizer is as follows: The slidable shaft 39 is bifurcated on its right hand end and engages a stud (Fig. 4) mounted on an arm which extends downwardly from a segment -86. The segment is loosely mounted on a stud 87 on a bracket 88 secured to a frame 89. It engages a pinion 90 which drives pinions 91 and 92. The pinion 92 is secured to a shaft 93 which supports the subtracting totalizer and is carried in the frame 89. The frame 89 is mounted on the frame 53 of the ticket-issuing mechanism. Secured to the opposite end of the shaft 93 is a ratchet 94 (Figs. 8 and 10) which isv engaged by a pawl 95 mounted in the units wheel 96 of the totalizer. 1

From the above description it can be seen that when a registering key is depressed, the

cam 37 will differentially position the slidable shaft 39, which will move the units totalizer wheel 96 in a counter-clockwise direction a distance equalto the amount represented by the key depressed. Since there is only one bank of keys in the machine, the

units wheel is the only wheel which "will be operated directly from the keys, the hlgher order wheels being operated by the usual Geneva transfer.

It will be noted that the numbers engraved on the counter wheels. are so placed that when the units totalizer wheel receives a movement it will move in a direction to subtract therefrom.

Automatic locking mechanism.

Automatic means is provided to prevent the operation of the registering keys and the ticket-issuing mechanism when the amount in the subtracting totalizer is less than ten cents. The object of this construction is to prevent the issuance of tickets until the postal authorities have entered an amount in the totalizer. The mechanism for accomplishing this is best shown in Figs. 7, Sand 10.

Each of the totalizer wheels in the subtracting totalizer except the units wheel is provided with a notch 97 (Figs. 7 and 10). The notches are positioned in the wheels to permit a bail 98 of a two-armed member 99 to engage them when all the wheels except the units wheel are set in the zero position. The bail 98 is held in engagement with the totalizer wheels by a spring 100 (Figs. 4 and 9) secured to an arm 101 integral with the arm 99. The twosarmed I member 99 is mounted on a short shaft 102 carried by the frame 89. One of the arms of the two-armed member has a rearwardly projecting portion 103 (Figs. 3, 7 and 8), which is adapted to engage an arm 104. The arm 104 lies adjacent the cam 50. A spring 105 normally holds the arm 104 in engagement with theprojection 103 of the member 99. When all of the notches are in alinement the spring 100 pulls the bail 98 of the member 99 into the notches. This permits the member 104 to rotate in a clockwise direction (Fig. 3) to engage a notch 106 out in the periphery of theca-m 50, and prevents rotation of the shaft 46 and thereby prevents depression of a key '30. From this it can be seen that so long as all of the higher order wheels of the subtracting totalizer are at zero it is impossible to depress a registering key.

The ticket-issuing mechanism is also locked at this time. The printing cylinder 62 has secured to its outer end a disk 107 having a notch 108 (Fig. 13) cut in its periphery. This notch 108 when in the home position is in alinement with the arm 101 of the member 99. When the notches 97 of the totalizer wheels are alined, as above mentioned, and the arm 101 is moved in a clockwise direction (Figs. 4 and 9) by the spring 100, it enters the notch 108 and thereby prevents operation of the handle 70, thus lock ing the ticket-issuing mechanism until the arm 101 is again removed from the notch 108.

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The ticket-issuing mechanism isdetachable from the register so that it can be taken to the postal authorities after the machine is locked as just described. In order to remove'it, it is necessary to unscrew a thumbscrew 110 (Figs. 1 and5). This permits the rocking of a latch 111 to disengage it from the stud. The latch 111 is pivotally mounted on the frame 53 of the ticket-issuing mechanism Three studs 112 (Fig. 5), secured to the side frame 31, support the ticket-issuing mechanism. The studs 112 are notched to engage slots 113 out in the frame 53. The rear slot 113 has a widened portion which is large enough to pass over the full diameter of its stud 112. Therefore, in order to remove the ticket-issuing mechanism from the register, it is only necessary to dlsengage the latch 111 from the stud 110 and then slide it to the rear far enough to permit the stud 112 to pass through the wide part of the slot 113. At this time the front studs 112 are out of the notches 113.

Unlocking mechanism. The postal authorities are provided with shaft 'of the subtracting totalizer.

The barrel of this look has secured thereto a disk 121 which carries a pin 122 adapted to engage a cam slot in an arm 123 (Fig. 6). The arm 123 is secured to an arm 124 fast on a rod 125. The opposite end of the shaft 125 carries another arm 124. The two arms 124 support a shaft 126, which in turn supports well'known Geneva transfer gears 127. Each of the Geneva gears 127 has secured thereto a lock-plate128 engaging a lock disk 129 on each of the totalizer wheels. So long as the plate 128 engages the disk 129 the counter wheels are locked against rotation in a well known manner. However, when the postal authorities insert the key in the lock 120 the Geneva locking plate is "disengaged from the locking disk on the 'totalizer wheels by means of the pin 122, the arms 123 and 124, and the shafts 125 and 126. Before the postal authorities can enter an amount in the totalizer, however, it is necessa in themanner previously described.

By referring to Fig. 3, it will be noticed that the cam 50 has a cut-away portion 130. The reason for providing this cut-away portion is to permit the removal of the ticketissuing mechanism from the register. It

will be remembered that the arm 51 and the cam 56 are secured to the frame in the ticket-issuing mechanism and therefore they will be removed therewith. Therefore, this cut-away portion 130 is necessary to permit movement of the roll 54 to the rear when themechanism is being removed from the register.

Adding totalizer.

An adding totalizer similar to the sub tracting totalizer is provided. This totalizer cannot be reset to zero, it being of the type known as the tied-up totalizer. This adding totalizer is mounted on a shaft 135 and is driven bythe segment 86 and pinion 87 simultaneously with the driving of. the

adding totalizer shaft135 has secured thereto a ratchet 94, identical with the ratchet on the subtracting totalizer previously described. The units wheel is also provided with a pawl and is driven in the same manner as the units wheel of the subtracting totalizer. The only difierence between the two totalizers is that the subtracting totalizer is adapted to lock the machinev to disengage, the bail 98 from 'the note es 97 in the The a key to unlock a lock 120 (Figs: 4 and 5). totalizer is adapted to be added upon, but

has no control over the machine.

2 Operation.

The general'operation of the machine is as follows: The registering keys 30 are depressed, depending on the amount of the postage to be placed upon the packages.

The depression of these keys will simultaneously set the type wheel, subtract from the controlling totalizer an amount equal to that of the key depressed, and also add'this. amount to the accumulating totalizer. When a key is depressed it is held in depressed position until the ticket is issued by giving the operating handle one complete turn, after which the registering keyre-' turns to its normal position.

When the amount on the subtracting totalizer is less than ten cents, both the registering mechanism and the ticket-issuing mechanism are locked against operation, and remain locked until an amount'is again set up on the totalizer. i

The registering mechanism is detachable, and is enclosed in a casing to permit it to be taken to the postal authorities. The

stal authorities are furnished with a key with which they can unlock the subtracting totalizer and set up any amount on the totalizer. The mechanism can then be attached to the register and. operated in the manner previously described.

While the form of mechanism herein SllOWIl'fiIld dBSGlibGd is admirably adapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it, is not intended to confine the invention to the one form of embodiment herein disclosed, for it is suscep-- tible of embodiment in various forms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed is: 1

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a plurality of manipulative devices, arockable member adapted to be differentially positioned by the manipulative devices, a cam operated by the rockable member, a slidable means positioned by the cam, a printing cylinder, a rack carried by the printing cylinder, a type carrier rotatabl mounted in the printing cylinder, said rac and type carrier being transversely mounted in the printing cylinder, and means for operably connecting the slidable means with tlieI-rfick to permit the rack to be laterally positioned and rotated with the printing'cylinder. Y

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of manipulative meansya printing cylinder, an a justable type element mounted in said cylinder, means operated by said manipulative means, for adjusting said type element, means normally locki said cylinder against operation and adapts meaeoe in moved position to release said cylinder and lock said manipulative means, connections from said manipulative means for moving said locking means to release said cyl inder and lock said manipulative means, means for rotating said cylinder to eifect an impression, and means operated near the end of rotation of said cylinder for moving said locking means into its home position to lock said cylinder and release said manipulative means to return to normal position.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of manipulative means, a printing cylinder, an adjustable type element mounted in said cylinder on an axis extending at right angles to the axis of said cylinder, means operated by said manipulative means for adjusting said type element, means normally locking said cylinder against operation andadapted in moved position to release said cylinder and lock said manipulative means, connections from said manipulative means for moving said locking means to releasesaid cylinder and lock said manipulative means, means for rotating said cylinder to effect an impression, and means operated near the end of rotation of said cylinder for moving said locking means into its home position to lock said cylinder and release said manipulative means to return to normal position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

DWARD J; VON rant. 

